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Beautiful day to cook wood.
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Looks like I'll try this blog thing out. It was a gorgeous day so decided to cook some Paulownia using the old retort method with kettle grill and briquets. I wanted a fresh batch of external heat retort cooking of Paulownia charcoal for burn speed testing vs. Paulownia cooked with the TLUD method. TLUD will cook any size or shape of wood but maybe a bit too much. I found that using TLUD on Paulownia produces charcoal that is structurally weak and falls apart easily when removed from reto
